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ReviewBMC biology2017

The biological function of the cellular prion protein: an update.

Marie-Angela Wulf, Assunta Senatore, Adriano Aguzzi

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In one paragraph

Review in BMC biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
139citing papers in PubMed
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 256 citations in OpenAlex.

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79 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marie-Angela WulfInstitute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland.
Assunta SenatoreInstitute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland.
Adriano AguzziInstitute of Neuropathology, University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland. adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch.
University of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrP

Indexed as

AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemDisease Models, AnimalMicePeripheral Nervous SystemPrion DiseasesPrion ProteinsPrion Proteins

Identifiers

PMID28464931
PMCPMC5412054
OpenAlexW2611707378

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Registered trials

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